South Australia’s growing ranks of craft brewers and distillers say that a dramatic increase in excise rebates that will put an extra $250,000 a year in their pockets is a “game-changer” that will boost jobs, production and focus on exports.
@AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – continues with a look back in time at the Australian Wonder Machine bearing a timeless message. By David Perkins.
A decision on the future of Ampol’s Lytton refinery is expected within weeks, as the company negotiates details of a support package for the fuel industry.
A program providing a total of $400,000 in vouchers to WA-based medical product SMEs is now accepting applications.
Through our usual good fortune as well as good management, Australia is set to successfully navigate its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-22 Budget signals that confidence is returning for households and businesses with the economy projected to grow 1.25 per cent this financial year, rising to 4.25 per cent over the next.
A Labor government would provide support for aspiring young entrepreneurs to spend a business-focused year working with a university or private sector incubator to develop their startup enterprise or idea.
With international pressure mounting on Australia to commit to more substantial action on climate change, Budget 2021-22 was an opportunity — coupled with a once-in-a-generation social license to spend strategically to ‘build back better’ — to set out the government’s strategy towards addressing these concerns. So what’s in the budget for the Circular Economy? Dr Kar Mei Tang explains.
Patent box a win for IP development, jobs: Cochlear and CSL Local biotechnology leaders Cochlear and CSL have both praised the patent box incentive, which their sector has lobbied for for a decade. The measure will see revenue from locally-created IP taxed at 17 per cent, rather than at the 30 per cent corporate tax…
University of Queensland spinout business Hypersonix has announced the results of new shock tunnel tests, showing their hydrogen-powered scramjet engine “can accelerate up to 10 times the speed of sound in real life flight conditions.”
There are only a few days left to nominate for the 2021 Australian Good Design Awards, with entries closing on Friday May 14. The awards have been running since 1958, making them one of the longest-running international design awards, and are recognised by the World Design Organization (WDO) as Australia’s peak international design endorsement and…
